“My DSD confronted me in a good way. It has helped me become more aware of my feelings and the feelings of others.”

“My DSD means I don’t have a period, and I can’t get pregnant. And that I don’t have mood swings or cramps.”

“My AIS allowed me to meet people—some of my best friends—who I might not have met otherwise.”

“My AIS really doesn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know. I’m a woman. I’m different. And every person is different in their own way.”

“So, when I found out the first time at the doctor’s clinic, I left with my mind full of new words and concepts… But really, nothing changed my body and what it does. I can’t see my chromosomes, my gonads, or my hormones. I’m still me… I’ve just heard some new words that someone else uses to describe my body. I don’t have to use them.”